Emergency-packet.



W. V. GAGE.

EMERGENCY PACKET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1912.

1,060,075. Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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WILL V. GAGE, 0F PRIMEBO, COLORADO, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF T0 ARTHUR L.DAIN, OF TRINIDAD, COLORADO.

EMERGENCY-PACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28 1913.

Original application filed November 24, 1911, Serial 150, 662,155.Divided and this application filed February 14, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, TILL V. GAGE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Primero, in the county of Las Animasand State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Emergency-Packets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to emergency packets and its object resides in theprovision of a packet of simple and compact construc tion, which servesto provide in case of accidental bodily injury, the necessary appliancesfor alleviating the suffering of the patient and giving remedialtreatment to the injured part until the services of a surgeon can beobtained. The packet includes to this end, in its component parts,splints, bandages, and other remedial agents, in such a manner thatwhile they are fully protected against contamination, they are availablefor immediate use to set'a broken limb, protect an open Wound, control ahemorrhage, or in short to render first aid in any case of physicalhurt.

The packet is especially adapted for use of miners and workmen ingeneral, who in the practice of their trade, are most liable to injuryand it may for this reason, be provided with means whereby it isattached to a dinner pail or similar container, which being invariablycarried by the workman in going to and from his work, is always athandnear the place at which he is employed and which of all things is leastlikely to be forgotten or misplaced. The packet is, however, welladapted by its size and form, to be carried in the pocket or if sodesired, it may be suspended from a belt or strap to which end it isprovided with a hook or loop.

With these and other less important ob jects in view, I provide anoblong case, our- Serial I-To. 677,611.

shown in the accompanying drawings in the various views of which likeparts are similarly designated, and in which,

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the packet with the band whichnormally connects its sides, partially removed, Figs. 2 and 8,perspective views of the sides of thepacket when detached to be used assplints, Fig. 4 a perspective view of the band which normally connectsthe sides of the packet and hermetically seals the same, F 5, aperspective view of the roll of aseptic gauze contained within the caseformed by the splints and the connecting band, Fig. 6, a fragmentary,perspective view of the packet showing a modified method of securing theend of the band which connects the sides thereof, Fig. 7, a perspectiveview of the packet provided with an eXteriorly applied band by which itmay be attached to a container such as a dinner pail or by which thesplints may be held in place on a fractured limb, and Fig. 8, atransverse section through the emergency packet and the contentsthereof, drawn to an enlarged scale.

Referring more specifically to the drawings my emergency packet iscomposed of two curved side-plates 6 and 7 which when detached, are welladapted to serve as splints for keeping the bones of a fractured limb ina fixed position. One of the plates, 6, has attached upon its innersurface by means of loops 6 or other suitable devices, two tapes 8 whichin practice serve to retain the splints in place on the injured limb andwhich when the packet is intact, are folded and placed within the sametogether with the roll of aseptic gauze 9 or such other articles as maybe found to be of use in case of emergency in afiording relief to thesufferer.

The two-side plates 6 and 7 of the case are connected by means of ametal stri or band 10 which is secured along the ct ges thereof bysolder, a method preferable over others as it not only permits readydisconnection of the side-plates, but also hermetically seals the packetso as to maintain the contents thereof in the proper condition for anindefinite period. The connecting strip 10 may be formed with a lip 12which furnishes a finger hold to facilitate removal of the strip orwhich, when the packet is used in connection with a dinner pail, willserve to maintain it in position by engagement with the bottom thereof.The lip 12 may, however, be omitted and a slotted key 13 attached to theend of the strip, as is shown in Fig. 1, which while having the samefunction as the lip 12 when placed in en-.

gagement with the bottom of the dinner pail, provides at the same timeready means for removing the band which connects the side-plates of thepacket; or a wire ring 1 1 may for the same purpose be attached to theend of the band 10., as shown in Fig. 6, and held in place by means of adrop of solder 15.

In the construction shown in Fig. 7 a strip 16 of tin or other similarmaterial is secured upon the concave surface of the packet and providedat one of its ends with a slot 17, through which its other end may bepassed to secure the packet in place upon a dinner pail. This form ofconstruction has the additional advantage that the tapes 8 shown in thepreferred form, may be eliminated and the band 16 used to hold thesplints in place on the injured limb.

l/Vhilethe connection of the packet with a dinner pail. is most usefulin that it compels the workman to have it at all times near him, it willbe observed that the device is by its compactness and curved form, welladapted to be carried in the pocket, or it may if so desired, be carriedon a belt around the waist, in which case a 100p 18, as shown in Fig. 1,is secured upon its concave surface.

'W hen in case of physical hurt, immediate attention to the injured partis required, the packet if attached to a dinner pail, is removedtherefrom, and a nail, knife-blade or other sharp instrument or ifavailable, a key is used to remove the band which connects the two sideplates, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The plates 6 and 7 are now in acondition to be used as splints, the tapes are ready to .secure thesplints in place on a fractured limb, and the aseptic gauze or whatother remedial means may have been contained in the packet are at handto cover the wound, control the hemorrhage, protect the flesh fromcontact with the splints or render such other services as the nature ofthe case may demand.

Having thus described my invention what 2. An emergency packet composedof a pair of concavo-conveX splints arranged in spaced concentricrelation to form the sides of the packet, and closing means connected tothe edges of the splints.

3. An emergency packet composed of a pair of spaced concavo-convexsplints, a

strip detachably connected to the edges of said splints, and a lipprojecting outwardly from said strip at the bottom of the packet and onthe concave side thereof to provide a finger holdenabling removal of thestrip and to engage the bottom of a dinner pail to hold the packet inposition relative thereto.

4. An emergency packet composed of a pair of concave-convex splintsarranged in spaced concentric relation to form the sides of the packet,closing means connected to the plates, and means secured to one of thesplints and disposed in said space between the splints for securing thesplints in position on an injured limb.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WILL V. GAGE- Witnesses:

E. C. BULLARD, O. O. SAUNDERS.

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